Samsung just crowned 10 young innovators as Global Solve for Tomorrow Ambassadors at a Milan exhibition during the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The February 9 showcase at Smart City Lab highlighted student-built solutions tackling real-world problems, from AI-powered wound monitoring bandages to apps connecting communities through sports. Working with the International Olympic Committee and Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation, Samsung's betting big on youth innovation as the pipeline for tomorrow's breakthrough technologies.
Samsung is making its boldest play yet in youth innovation, and the company's bringing these ideas to one of the world's biggest stages. On February 9, the tech giant hosted the Solve for Tomorrow Ambassador Exhibition at Milan's Smart City Lab, naming 10 student teams from around the globe as official ambassadors during the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
The timing isn't coincidental. Samsung's been quietly expanding its Solve for Tomorrow program, which empowers students to tackle real-world problems using AI and STEM skills, into a global platform with Olympic-level visibility. Working alongside the International Olympic Committee and Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation, the company showcased prototypes that blur the line between student projects and market-ready solutions.
"At Samsung, we believe that young people already have what it takes to build a better future," Samsung Chief Design Officer Mauro Porcini told attendees at the exhibition. "Our role is to support that journey - to provide the space, the tools and the trust that allow their ideas to grow into something meaningful."
The exhibition featured hands-on demonstrations of ten solutions, split between Sport & Tech innovations and Accessibility & Environment projects. Guests didn't just see slides or mockups - they tried on headbands that vibrated to warn of approaching obstacles, tested smart canes that detected floor hazards, and examined AI-powered bandages that monitor wound healing in real time.
